Nation-building and State-building PDF

Nation-building and state-building Comparative Politics  What is the State? Legitimate use of violence Territory Sovereignty More inclusive… – Rule of law – Centralised organisation – Differentiation of public and private life – Questi...

Nation-building and state-building Comparative Politics  What is the State? Legitimate use of violence Territory Sovereignty More inclusive… – Rule of law – Centralised organisation – Differentiation of public and private life – Question of religion – Citizenship, nationhood  Creation of the State (Daalder) Absolutist rule builds independent power with army and bureaucracy (e.g., France) Judges and institutions are strong enough to build power against the monarch (e.g., England) Establishing federation or confederation (e.g., Switzerland) Conquest or unification (e.g., Germany or Italy) Achieving independence (e.g., Norway or the Rep. of Ireland)  Evolution of the State Consolidation of the rule Rationalisation of the rule – Centralisation – Hierarchy – Functions (institutions) Extension of the rule – Maintaining the power and the extension of the law – Defence of the state (e.g., against other states) Fallen states  Nationhood and Citizenship Nation – Invisible tie – Age of enlightenment In Western Europe they used to be more or less the same (territorial nationalism) Multi-ethnic empires Post-communist area – Nation within the borders without citizenship – Members of the nation outside the country  Challenges of the 21 Century st Do nation-states still exist? Are there still nations? What does nation-building mean today? Can we divide the sovereignty? Is there a modern form of nationalism?